Combined cotton-planter and fertilizer-distributer



' (No Model.)

W. M. BAPE. COMBINED COTTON PLANNER AND PNNTILIZNN NISTNIBUTNR.

No. 423,811. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

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UNITED` STATES PATENT UEEICE.

VILLIAM M. RAPE, OF NOTASULGA, ALABAMA.

COMBINED COTTON-PLANTER AND FERTlLIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,811, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed October 24, 1889.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM M. RAPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Notasulga, in the county of Tallapoosa and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cotton- Planters and Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in combined seed-planters and fertilizer-distributers; and it has for its objects to provide for operating the discharge mechanism for the seed and the mechanism for distributing the guano simultaneously in a simple and effective manner, and also to provide an improved coverer that will automatically adjust itself to the surface over which the planter passes, as more fully hereinafter eX: plained. i

The above-mentioned objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved planter and distributer; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a detached perspective view showing a portion of the cover in detail, and Fig. 4 a transverse vertical sectional view taken centrally through the end hopper.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates a rectangular frame which carries the hoppers B C, one located near each end thereof.

The letter D indicates two inclined .stand-Y ards secured to the sides of the frame A, their lower ends terminating below the frame in such position as to equally balance the weight of the hoppers upon the journals of the shaft E of the wheel E', the said journals having their bearings in the lower ends of the standards before mentioned. The upper ends of said standards are provided with a cross-head F, to which are secured the beams G, forming the handles of the planter, the forward ends of said beams being rigidly secured to the forward portion of the frame A. The hoppers B C are constructed with open bottoms, and are provided with armed distributing-disks H I, mounted upon shafts K L,which have crank-arms M N on the ends projecting at one side.

Serial No. 328,035. (No model.)

The letter T indicates the coverer. This consists of a cross-bar U, secured to the rear ends of the arms V NV, which are pivoted to the frame A at their forward ends just above the journal-bearings of the shaft of the wheel E. The rear ends of the said arms are bent inwardly, the bent ends of the arms V being bolted or otherwise secured to the rear of the cross-bar U near its lower edge and the bent ends of the arms W being secured to the front edge of the said bar U near its upper edge. Bolted to the fron-t of the cross-bar U and secured by the bolts,which fasten the bent ends of arms IV to the said cross-bar, are the shares or blades X, which straddle the row of seed as they are dropped and cover the same.

The respective hoppers are provided with conducting-tubes Z A leading from the bottom thereof, and in front of the conductingtube A is located a share or opening blade B to produce the furrow,into which the seed and the fertilizer are subsequently dropped. The seed-hopper at its bottom is provided with a longitudinal slot and a longitudinal dividing-bar C', forming two parallel longitudinal openings, through which the seed pass to the tube A, the seed 'being carried down through said openings by means of the radial arms D, arranged alternately in two rows on the distributing-disk I. This arrangement insures the delivery and proper spacing of the seeds, preventing any possibility of skipping in dropping the seeds. As thus constructed, it will be perceived that the weight of the respective hoppers is equally balanced upon the shaft of the wheel upon which the frame is mounted. The oblique braces not not only scrve as bearings for the axle of the wheel, but also to support the handle-beams, which being attached to the forward end of the frame afford a means of accurately guiding the planter. rPhe bars connecting the respective crankshafts of the hoppers and driv ing-wheel serve to simultaneously operate the IOO same, insuring the uniform dropping of the seed and the dropping of the fertilizer over the same.

By the peculiar construction of the coverer it will be seen that the shares thereof will run over the ground and will automatically adjust themselves to irregularities thereof, yielding when passing over stumps and other obstructions, the cross bar being insured against twisting or becoming misplaced by reason of its forward and rear connections to the bent arms V and \V.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, in a planter, of the rectangular frame, the inclined standards projecting below the frame,the wheel having its bearings in the lower ends of said standards, and the handle-beams secured to the forward end of the fra-nie and to the upper cross-bar secured to the inclined standards, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. 'lhe combination, with the frame of a planter, of the arms pivoted thereto having their rear ends bent inwardly and the crossbar to which the said ends are secured, respectively, to the front and rear thereof, substantially as specified.

The combination, with the cross-arm of the coverer, of the arms having the bent ends thereof secured, respectively, to the front and rear of the cross-arm, and the shares or blades secured between the forward arms and said cross-arm by the same bolts, substantiallyv as specified.

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. BAPE. lVitnesses:

W. Il. HARTLE'Y, l. F. SIGGIRs. 

